Retro Gaming News
Hiroki Kikuta’s ‘Killashandra’ is out now. Hiroki Kikuta, the legendary composer behind the soundtracks to role-playing classics like Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana, has a new album out, and it features some amazing artwork from the famous Japanese painter Hiroo Isono. As some of you will no doubt know, Isono notably produced the…
That’s according to a new Deadline report. A film adaptation of the classic Sega driving game OutRun is currently in the works at Universal, according to a new report from Deadline. The project reportedly has Michael Bay (Transformers, Bad Boys, Armageddon, The Rock) attached to direct, with the writer Jayson Rothwell (Polar, Silent Night, and…
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience”. Anbernic, one of the leading makers of emulation handhelds, has said it will be suspending all orders to the United States following President Donald Trump’s introduction of tariffs on Chinese-made goods (thanks, Gizmodo). “Due to changes in U.S. tariff policies, we will be suspending all orders shipping from China…
‘Monster Hunter i’ was first released in 2006 for Japanese feature phones. Last month, you may remember us reporting that feature phone preservationists over at the Keitai Wiki Discord had managed to rescue the Monster Hunter spin-off, Monster Hunter i, from digital oblivion. Well, it appears that, since then, Monster Hunter fans have wasted absolutely…
Dark Castle was released by MNS Soft in 1993 for MSX2 computers. Decades after the release of Dark Castle for the MSX2, the game has finally been preserved online, thanks to the efforts of the game preservationist @TrevgauntletNeu. Dark Castle was a dungeon crawler released for the MSX2 in Japan in 1993 and is one…
Good evening you fine retro gamers! Thanks to a recent heads up through Facebook, we’ve been told that JuanGM has released the rather enjoyable arcade game of ‘Bonsai Quest’ for the ZX Spectrum. A game in which not only play as a Ninja, but you are secretly trained in the art of ninjutsu, on a…
Yesterday, American Pinball announced that it is going to build 100 units of a new “Classic” Edition of its Galactic Tank Force pinball machine in 2025. The new Classic version of the game will have an MSRP of $7,995, which is $1,000 less than the previous lowest trim level of the game, the “Deluxe” Edition….
“Make your Game Boy cooler to use”. If you’re someone who regularly finds themselves nostalgic for the days of Windows 3.1, you may be interested to learn about the release of Windows GBS — a new homebrew title developed for the Nintendo Game Boy that aims to bring some of its best features to the…
Was written by Final Fantasy alumni Kenji Terada. The Casio Loopy is one of many consoles released in the ’90s which failed to make the impact intended by its manufacturer. Like the PC-FX, Bandai Pippin and FM Towns Marty, it was exclusive to Japan, but was unique in that it included a built-in thermal printer…
Was planned for Amiga, Mega Drive and PC. We’ve now got fresh information and images of the cancelled Warhammer racing game Kult of Speed, thanks to Games That Weren’t and Steve Cook. Planned for release by Electronic Arts in 1994 on the Amiga, Mega Drive and MS-DOS PC, the game features Ork racers on motorcycles…